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Grover Cleveland
@grovercleveland· Democratic · NJ· Feb 23, 1887

I do not suppose that it was intended by the Congress to entirely relieve these sureties if a condition exists such as is above set out, which results in an indebtedness to the Government.

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· Jun 22, 1879

Unable to concur with Congress in that measure, on the 29th of May last I returned the bill to the House of Representatives, in which it originated, without my approval, for that further consideration for which the Constitution provides.

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· May 28, 1879

The framers of the Constitution regarded the election of members of Congress in every State and in every district as in a very important sense justly a matter of political interest and concern to the whole country.

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· Mar 18, 1879

The failure of the last Congress to make the requisite appropriations for legislative and judicial purposes, for the expenses of the several Executive Departments of the Government, and for the support of the Army has made it necessary to…

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· Mar 3, 1879

Whereas the final adjournment of the Forty-fifth Congress without making the usual and necessary appropriations...presents an extraordinary occasion requiring the President to exercise the power vested in him by the Constitution to convene…

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· Mar 3, 1879

I, Rutherford B. Hayes, President of the United States, do, by virtue of the power to this end in me vested by the Constitution, convene both Houses of Congress to assemble at their respective chambers at 12 o'clock noon on Tuesday, the…

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· Feb 7, 1879

To the Senate and House of Representatives:I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, the report of the commission appointed under the provisions of the act approved May 3, 1878, entitled 'An act authorizing the President of…

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· Feb 4, 1879

To the Senate of the United States:I transmit herewith, for the information of Congress, a report from the Secretary of State, with the accompanying papers therein referred to, in relation to the proceedings of the International Monetary…

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· Jan 23, 1879

I transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, copies of a report and accompanying papers received from the Secretary of the Interior.

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· Mar 5, 1878

The Government can not prepare for trial at said special term, because no fund appropriated by Congress can be made available for that purpose.

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Rutherford B. Hayes
@rutherfordbhayes· Republican · OH· Jan 10, 1878

In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 3d ultimo, requesting to be furnished with the correspondence between the Government of Venezuela and that of the United States had since the adjournment of the first…

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Abraham Lincoln
@abrahamlincoln· Republican · IL· Dec 23, 1862

To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit, for the consideration of Congress, a report from the Secretary of State on the subject of consular pupils.

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